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Speaker 1: What's up? Everybody done? Middle Cop three and out podcast

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Speaker 1: Back at it again, big show coming up. I'll dive in.

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Speaker 1: They're still like eight minutes left in this Thursday night

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Speaker 1: game and totally hell it's atrocious. I mean, I I

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Speaker 1: It's thirty to nine. Derrick Henry has seven thousand yards

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Speaker 1: dive into one thing that really jumped out to me

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Speaker 1: in this game. Uh, Kyler Murray, Uh, pretty fascinating. Should

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Speaker 1: he play football? Should he play baseball? Some thoughts on

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Speaker 1: that and what why I think he should win the Heisman?

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Speaker 1: The Rams headed to Chicago, jump around some different games,

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Speaker 1: and then of course the middlecoff mail back. But I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna start with this game. And you know, you don't

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Speaker 1: And that's gonna be something that happens, you know, on

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Speaker 1: and on in the very near future with all these

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Speaker 1: to draft a running back high, and I'm anti draft

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Speaker 1: do everything. And when I say everything, he better be

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Speaker 1: able to catch the football. He better play a huge

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Speaker 1: role in catching the football. Zeke Elliott uh can catch

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Speaker 1: the football. Now he is an inside the tackles runner,

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Speaker 1: but he can do it all. He's really an elite

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Speaker 1: pass blocker. I mean, he's the total package. Christian McCaffrey,

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Speaker 1: who I actually hated the pick in the first round

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Speaker 1: one thing's clear. Even if he had to just be

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Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey, elite receiver. He just happens to be also

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Speaker 1: a pretty good running back who's just an elite player.

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Speaker 1: You cannot, I repeat cannot draft dinosaurs, and in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: dinosaurs would be two down middle linebackers would be run

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Speaker 1: stuffing defensive tackles. And I'm talking with high picks and

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Speaker 1: a running back that looks like Leonard Fournette. I saw

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Speaker 1: a guy at night that looks fat, slow, and just

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Speaker 1: not dynamic. And he kind of summarizes what the Jaguars

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Speaker 1: I mean two weeks ago he attacked the Bills when

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Speaker 1: he wasn't even on the field. He represents UH somewhat

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Speaker 1: like what Blake bordles in the sense of overpaid, more

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Speaker 1: a plotting dinosaur, and the same could be said. And

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Speaker 1: it for Derrick Henry the majority of his career. This

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Speaker 1: is the best game he's ever had. And you know,

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Speaker 1: I tweeted during the game that was either the greatest

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Speaker 1: run ever or the most gutless defensive effort ever. And

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Speaker 1: it might be a combination of the two. But one

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Speaker 1: thing I do know is there that draft two years

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Speaker 1: I'm not in the drafting running backs high business, and

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Speaker 1: I thought that Christian. I'm not playing hindsight is because

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Speaker 1: I did not like the Christian McCaffrey pick. I've been

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Speaker 1: proven wrong, and I thought he was gonna be an

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Speaker 1: elite receiver. He's just been a much better runner between

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Speaker 1: would take Leonard Fournett over Christian McCaffrey moving forward, because

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Speaker 1: I'm watching Leonard Fournette and I just think that doesn't

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Speaker 1: And Leonard Fournette feels like the type player that would

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Speaker 1: That seriously, that doesn't play that hard. Uh. You watch

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Speaker 1: He once the game starts, it's all out of his control.

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Speaker 1: So he can be angry, and he can go to

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Speaker 1: and this team is quit on, Doug Moron. I mean,

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Speaker 1: getting more eat? Well, I got news for you, Joe.

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Speaker 1: There's twenty five people in America. They're Jacks fans. I mean,

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Speaker 1: He is a much better college player. Now, his big

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00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:55,640
Speaker 1: these reps, any quarterback, especially California guys to play and

426
00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:59,400
Speaker 1: get used to just winning and inclement weather. Like Brady's

427
00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:03,200
Speaker 1: a California new guy, but he was. He was raised

428
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:05,199
Speaker 1: as a football player in ann Arbor and then has

429
00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,160
Speaker 1: played in New England his whole career. He's just used

430
00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:09,040
Speaker 1: to it. Like, let's call it what it is. Peyton

431
00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:12,359
Speaker 1: Manning was it sure never felt like it. I know

432
00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:16,840
Speaker 1: some stats have i quote unquote disproved this theory, but

433
00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:21,479
Speaker 1: he never felt comfortable in the coal. But here's the

434
00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,280
Speaker 1: thing this year with the Rams now big picture, in

435
00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:26,719
Speaker 1: years to come, you know, they may be a wild

436
00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:28,720
Speaker 1: card and Jared Goff has to go on the road

437
00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:33,280
Speaker 1: and you know, to Philly or to New York, uh,

438
00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:35,880
Speaker 1: you know, or to Seattle in the rain or whatever.

439
00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,040
Speaker 1: But this year they will not have to play outside,

440
00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:42,840
Speaker 1: you know, outside in terms of in inclement weather, Like, yeah,

441
00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:46,040
Speaker 1: they have to play outside of the Colosseum, but what's what,

442
00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:49,080
Speaker 1: it's seventy degrees in middle of January, maybe sixty eight,

443
00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:52,240
Speaker 1: A little chili, you bring a windbreaker, you know. Worst

444
00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:54,480
Speaker 1: case they lose a couple of games and get the

445
00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:56,920
Speaker 1: two seat, they have to go on the road indoors

446
00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:00,800
Speaker 1: to New Orleans. Now, the crowd and pace, you know,

447
00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:04,640
Speaker 1: and playing you know, away games should help the team

448
00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:08,600
Speaker 1: come together. Regardless. The Bears are a playoff team. It's

449
00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,840
Speaker 1: a big time game. But the the weather element of

450
00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:15,040
Speaker 1: this game, which at first kind of fascinated me, like

451
00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,439
Speaker 1: how is Jared Goff gonna react, ultimately doesn't impact the

452
00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,680
Speaker 1: playoffs because the Rams are not gonna have to play

453
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Speaker 1: in any weather. They're either gonna be playing obviously, they're

454
00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,359
Speaker 1: gonna get a first round by and play that first

455
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Speaker 1: game in Los Angeles, and then the second game they'd

456
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Speaker 1: either host it if they weren't the one seed, you know,

457
00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:35,159
Speaker 1: if they were the two seed, or they'd go to

458
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Speaker 1: New Orleans. Like so, they're not gonna play in any

459
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Speaker 1: cold weather. And the one time that I vividly remember

460
00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,560
Speaker 1: Golf playing in cold weather, it was a crazy rain

461
00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:47,400
Speaker 1: storm in Oregon and he got pulled out of the game.

462
00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:49,359
Speaker 1: I think in the third quarter, he couldn't grip the ball.

463
00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,359
Speaker 1: So if they if there was a way that, like god,

464
00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:55,159
Speaker 1: you know, the Rams may have to go on the

465
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Speaker 1: road to Chicago, you know, or Philly somehow sneaks in

466
00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:01,560
Speaker 1: the playoffs like that would be really hard there. That's

467
00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:04,680
Speaker 1: not in their in the cards this year. So to me,

468
00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,280
Speaker 1: the biggest element of this game is just to watch

469
00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,919
Speaker 1: the matchup. And you know how I'm really excited for

470
00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:12,240
Speaker 1: this game. You should be. I mean, it's one of

471
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Speaker 1: the better games on paper of the year. It looks

472
00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:16,280
Speaker 1: like Mr Bisku is gonna come back. But the thing

473
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Speaker 1: that's most fascinating is like, oh, how's Jared Goff and

474
00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:23,240
Speaker 1: these guys gonna play in inclement weather? It really doesn't matter.

475
00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:26,760
Speaker 1: I mean, it just doesn't, and I wish it did.

476
00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,879
Speaker 1: But they're just not gonna have to play in any

477
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Speaker 1: situation where there's gonna be snow, where there's gonna be cold.

478
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,879
Speaker 1: The craziest environment they would have to play in, while

479
00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,080
Speaker 1: it would be nuts, and they've already played there in

480
00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:42,800
Speaker 1: New Orleans, is indoors, so the weather doesn't affect their

481
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Speaker 1: offense at all. The noise does, but the weather doesn't.

482
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Speaker 1: And that that to me is the big difference in

483
00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,720
Speaker 1: the a f C like uh, and typically in the NFC,

484
00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,119
Speaker 1: when Philly or New York makes it, you know, or

485
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Speaker 1: Green Bay. Now the Chicago's gonna make it like that

486
00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:00,359
Speaker 1: impacts it. And we're a little spoiled out here, Like

487
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,280
Speaker 1: on the West coast in the Bay Area, like it

488
00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:04,760
Speaker 1: rains for two days, we freak. In l A. It

489
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,400
Speaker 1: never rains. I mean they have a drought going on

490
00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:10,479
Speaker 1: that it's gonna be seventy degrees in sunny where if

491
00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:13,119
Speaker 1: you look at the a f C playoff picture, Kansas City,

492
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:18,679
Speaker 1: New England, Pittsburgh, Baltimore. Uh, those places are freezing cold

493
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:22,919
Speaker 1: and miserable weather. Houston indoors. But you know the two numbers,

494
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,120
Speaker 1: the one and two seed in some order, Chiefs and

495
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Speaker 1: the Patriots. They play outside and the weather turns in January.

496
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Speaker 1: In the NFC, that's not gonna be a factor. Dallas

497
00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:33,800
Speaker 1: is gonna host the game if they win the NFC East,

498
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Speaker 1: that's indoors. Chicago will host the game obviously that's outdoors.

499
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Speaker 1: But even if they win it, they're only gonna get

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Speaker 1: one home game. New Orleans indoors in l A is

501
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Speaker 1: beautiful weather So the difference in the NFC in the

502
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Speaker 1: a f C, a huge factor is in one conference

503
00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:51,720
Speaker 1: you've gotta go through weather, and in the other conference,

504
00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:55,080
Speaker 1: it's either sunny or a dome. Okay, let's spend a

505
00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:58,720
Speaker 1: little time because there's no college games this week, going

506
00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:03,520
Speaker 1: going around the league on Sunday, and I just I'll

507
00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:05,840
Speaker 1: pull up the game page and just go game by game.

508
00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:07,960
Speaker 1: Just the first thing that jumps out to me Jets

509
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:11,359
Speaker 1: Bills terrible. Uh, it doesn't look like Sam Donald's gonna

510
00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:15,000
Speaker 1: come back. Josh Allen, you gotta give him credit. His

511
00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,200
Speaker 1: passing numbers are not great, but he has a big

512
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:20,919
Speaker 1: time athlete. He can make these just incredible splash plays.

513
00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:24,880
Speaker 1: And we knew that from his uh from Wyoming. But

514
00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,520
Speaker 1: to say one thing for Sean McDermott in a league

515
00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,840
Speaker 1: where no one really plays defense and no one is

516
00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,920
Speaker 1: able to play good defense, I mean, this team overachieves.

517
00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,680
Speaker 1: They are a physical unit. If they could ever get

518
00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:39,560
Speaker 1: some offense. Going to me, the Bills have an easier

519
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,480
Speaker 1: chance to get good next year if they add some

520
00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:45,280
Speaker 1: pieces of offense because their defense is already good. But

521
00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:47,159
Speaker 1: other than that, I don't know why you watch the

522
00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:50,560
Speaker 1: game if you weren't betting Panthers Brown's. Uh, there was

523
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:54,000
Speaker 1: buzz last week that David Tepper is thinking about fire

524
00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,640
Speaker 1: firing Ron Rivera and just completely changing up the organization.

525
00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,480
Speaker 1: I don't know how after this week you wouldn't think

526
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,080
Speaker 1: that that's a possibility. Ron Rivera fired a bunch of

527
00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:07,520
Speaker 1: coaches on Monday morning. Usually that's when a coach is

528
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:11,320
Speaker 1: feeling the pressure brand new owner. You know, he paid

529
00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:14,840
Speaker 1: cash for the team. Uh, he's not your normal cat man.

530
00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:16,680
Speaker 1: This is a dude that made a ton of money

531
00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:19,880
Speaker 1: and hedge funds. He's gonna want results. He's gonna want

532
00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:23,880
Speaker 1: answers for everything, Uh quantitatively, Like you better be able

533
00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:27,400
Speaker 1: to show him stuff analytically. And I think Ron Rivera

534
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,679
Speaker 1: and the Panthers just have always been more of a

535
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,840
Speaker 1: gut old school reaction. That's not the way this new

536
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:36,000
Speaker 1: money guy is gonna roll. Uh. They're playing the Browns

537
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,360
Speaker 1: in Cleveland. I I know, the constant prop up fest

538
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:43,880
Speaker 1: of Freddie Kitchens and Baker Mayfield sure got the brakes

539
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,640
Speaker 1: pumped on him after last week. And Baker Mayfield, I

540
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:50,200
Speaker 1: think he had three picks in the first half. Uh, listen,

541
00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:54,320
Speaker 1: Greig Williams Freddy. These guys are gonna get fired. It's Uh,

542
00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:57,920
Speaker 1: it's hard to judge the Cleveland prowns down the stretches

543
00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:00,000
Speaker 1: because none of these coaches are gonna be back foul

544
00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:03,760
Speaker 1: Ns Packers. I guess it'll be interesting. First game Aaron

545
00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:06,880
Speaker 1: Rodgers ever played in his career without Mike McCarthy. Uh.

546
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:08,440
Speaker 1: To me, the thing, I'm gonna keep an eye on

547
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,840
Speaker 1: on on this game because the Falcon season is over.

548
00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:15,440
Speaker 1: Obviously the Packers is too. But does Rogers play differently

549
00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,320
Speaker 1: in this game? Because some people have been saying like,

550
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:20,560
Speaker 1: is he all of a sudden gonna like let loose

551
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:23,720
Speaker 1: and look like he's freed or is he just gonna

552
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,320
Speaker 1: keep playing poorly for his standards? And is the team

553
00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:29,840
Speaker 1: gonna keep losing? Uh? Now, there's not much pressure in

554
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,880
Speaker 1: terms of winner losing this game with McCarthy being gone. Uh,

555
00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:36,200
Speaker 1: it's just gonna this is all about Aaron Rodgers. How

556
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,600
Speaker 1: does he look? Does he look any different or is

557
00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:40,480
Speaker 1: it just the same. I would expect it to be

558
00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:44,400
Speaker 1: pretty similar. Probably the most intriguing game but beside the

559
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:48,000
Speaker 1: night game Ravens Chiefs. The Ravens have won three straight

560
00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:49,960
Speaker 1: games or seven and five, right now at the season ended,

561
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:53,240
Speaker 1: they be in the playoffs. Gezer, you know obviously ten

562
00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,800
Speaker 1: and two, the number one seed in the a f C.

563
00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:59,880
Speaker 1: But everything that happened last week cutting Kareem Hunt, that's

564
00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:02,720
Speaker 1: a big deal. Uh. The weather, you know it's gonna

565
00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:05,360
Speaker 1: start getting cold in Kansas City. This is a game

566
00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:07,640
Speaker 1: where you'd like to have Kareem Hunt, you know, to

567
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,480
Speaker 1: hand him the ball twenty plus times to run some screens.

568
00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:13,160
Speaker 1: I'm fascinated to see how this team comes down the

569
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:16,160
Speaker 1: home stretch. They have back to back home games against

570
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:19,920
Speaker 1: the Ravens and then they got the Chargers on on

571
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:22,200
Speaker 1: Thursday night. That they're gonna go through a four game,

572
00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:25,600
Speaker 1: four day stretch here with the Ravens and the Chargers

573
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:27,480
Speaker 1: that if they win both, like you're looking at the

574
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Speaker 1: one seed, well, all of a sudden, they could lose

575
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Speaker 1: a couple of games and you'd be like, damn are

576
00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:33,360
Speaker 1: the Chiefs who you are gonna win the division? We're

577
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,680
Speaker 1: gonna find out a lot about the post Kareem Hunt

578
00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:42,320
Speaker 1: Chiefs in from Sunday to Thursday, they play twice their offense.

579
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,000
Speaker 1: I mean, they just lit up the Raiders like a

580
00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:47,360
Speaker 1: Christmas tree. But that's not saying much can they maintain

581
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,480
Speaker 1: this offense without let let's call what it is, a

582
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,360
Speaker 1: star running back. He had seven touchdowns on the ground,

583
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:54,960
Speaker 1: seven in the air. A lot of them were on

584
00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:58,920
Speaker 1: screen passes. Kareem Hunt was important. Not my home is important,

585
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,440
Speaker 1: not Hill important, hell, not even Kelsey important. But he

586
00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 1: was damn important. Patriot Dolphins got I mean the Patriots.

587
00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:10,400
Speaker 1: I love Belichick, I love Brady. They're the greatest dynasty

588
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:13,160
Speaker 1: of my life, and that includes the forty Niners in

589
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:15,920
Speaker 1: the eighties and nineties. But their division is a joke

590
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,480
Speaker 1: because the Patriots should kill the Dolphins, even though I

591
00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:21,000
Speaker 1: know historically they've struggle a little bit in Miami. They

592
00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:23,200
Speaker 1: lost to him last year. Remember on Monday Night football.

593
00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:26,520
Speaker 1: I don't think that'll be an issue. Saints Bucks. The

594
00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:30,960
Speaker 1: Bucks are a sleeper, crappy team because their quarterback can

595
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:34,520
Speaker 1: really make plays in the air and they can score points. Uh,

596
00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:36,880
Speaker 1: they feel like they are to win team. But they

597
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:39,560
Speaker 1: are five and seven now. They have won a couple

598
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:41,400
Speaker 1: of straight. You know, they've won the last two games.

599
00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 1: My iPad there and um, you know they started to

600
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:48,760
Speaker 1: a Oh so it's a little skewed because there their

601
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:51,120
Speaker 1: highs have been high, but their lows have been really low.

602
00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,520
Speaker 1: I'd expect the Saints, who lost to him week one,

603
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:58,120
Speaker 1: which is really one of the weirder games looking back

604
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,120
Speaker 1: so far the first three months the season. This is

605
00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:04,480
Speaker 1: probably a bloodbast Saints get revenge, Giants Redskins, not a

606
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:07,320
Speaker 1: terrible game. I I really don't have any takes on

607
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:11,320
Speaker 1: this thing, Mark Sanchez, Eli Manning, I think in all

608
00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:13,440
Speaker 1: seriousness and we screw around a little bit on this.

609
00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,960
Speaker 1: Actually there's no way. It's just me but Alex Smith.

610
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,320
Speaker 1: I mean the news of him potentially losing his leg,

611
00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:23,680
Speaker 1: that his career's over, just sounds just awful. I mean

612
00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:27,120
Speaker 1: it makes you, it makes you feel almost queasy when

613
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:29,360
Speaker 1: you read about something like that, Like I don't care

614
00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:32,200
Speaker 1: how much money this guy's made or how much fame

615
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:35,560
Speaker 1: or whatever. When you talk about potentially losing a foot

616
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,960
Speaker 1: or a leg because of the infections, that's just awful.

617
00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:44,120
Speaker 1: No human deserves that, especially Alex who is Anyone that's

618
00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:46,640
Speaker 1: coached with him, played with him, you talk to people

619
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:48,040
Speaker 1: that have been around him, I mean, he's one of

620
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:50,800
Speaker 1: the higher level guys, higher character guys in the NFL.

621
00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:53,840
Speaker 1: Just an awful story. And I mean there's thoughts in prayer.

622
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:55,640
Speaker 1: None of that means anything, but you just you just

623
00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:58,720
Speaker 1: hope he you know, even if his career is over,

624
00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:00,400
Speaker 1: you just hope the guy is able to keep legs.

625
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:02,560
Speaker 1: I mean, he's got young kids, he's got a young family.

626
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:05,760
Speaker 1: Just just absolutely awful Colts Texans. This is a pretty

627
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:09,000
Speaker 1: big game, uh, the Texans. You can't take anything away

628
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,000
Speaker 1: from there. The hottest team in the NFL with the

629
00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,160
Speaker 1: Saints losing last week. The Dallas they have won nine

630
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:16,920
Speaker 1: straight games. They're nine and three, and really they have

631
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:20,240
Speaker 1: a quarterback, a sweet wide receiver, and a couple of

632
00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:24,719
Speaker 1: sweet defensive players. But I and their coaches solid. Do

633
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,520
Speaker 1: I view them like a thirteen and three team? Not really?

634
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:30,720
Speaker 1: But they beat the Colts at home, which their five

635
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:32,920
Speaker 1: point favorite. They'd beat ten and three and three games

636
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:34,640
Speaker 1: away from me in thirteen and three, so it's not

637
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,840
Speaker 1: out of the role of possibility. The Texans actually are not.

638
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,320
Speaker 1: Like we just talked about the Chiefs and kind of

639
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,280
Speaker 1: they're tough schedule for these next couple of weeks, and

640
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:45,000
Speaker 1: even after the Thursday game, then they go to Seattle

641
00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:47,520
Speaker 1: in three weeks, So the Chiefs have a tough road

642
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:50,360
Speaker 1: to hope. The Texans are still very much alive for

643
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:54,280
Speaker 1: a home field up by the Colts. Playoff hopes took

644
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:55,959
Speaker 1: a little bit of a hit last week, losing six

645
00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:59,520
Speaker 1: and nothing to Jaguar Jacksonville. But this is a good game.

646
00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:03,760
Speaker 1: This actually, you know, I said that the the Chief's

647
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:05,800
Speaker 1: Raven game might be the best game in the morning.

648
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:08,200
Speaker 1: I put this right up there. This is good. I'm

649
00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:12,320
Speaker 1: actually excited to watch this. Bengals Chargers. The Bengals are done,

650
00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:15,120
Speaker 1: Marvin Lewis has done. Hugh Jackson will be the next

651
00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 1: head coach of the Bengals. As crazy as that sounds,

652
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:20,439
Speaker 1: I will be shocked afew Jackson's on the next coach

653
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:23,919
Speaker 1: of the Bengals just because their owners are idiot. Uh.

654
00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:26,839
Speaker 1: And the Chargers should absolutely roll since and you know,

655
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:29,839
Speaker 1: getting get ready for one of the biggest Thursday night

656
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:33,520
Speaker 1: games we've had in recent memory. Forty Niners Broncos terrible.

657
00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:37,560
Speaker 1: Broncos should kill him. Eagles Cowboys. This is a pretty

658
00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:40,719
Speaker 1: big game. I didn't realize Eagles Cowboys were planned. I

659
00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:42,920
Speaker 1: don't know who these two teams were planned. But this

660
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,799
Speaker 1: is easily the best game of the afternoon, mainly because

661
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:50,319
Speaker 1: the afternoon Slate's awful. But the Cowboys, I mean, they

662
00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:54,000
Speaker 1: can win this division right now in Dallas. Just you

663
00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,799
Speaker 1: beat the Eagle, this thing is over. You win. They

664
00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:59,120
Speaker 1: would be eight and five and they'd have a two

665
00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:02,160
Speaker 1: game lead on phil and swept them. It'd be over.

666
00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:06,080
Speaker 1: So Philly, this is this is the season right here,

667
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:09,000
Speaker 1: this is the season. Uh that they could still go

668
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,640
Speaker 1: eight and eight or nine and seven. But Dallas wins

669
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 1: this game as they should. Their three and a half

670
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:16,960
Speaker 1: point favorites place should be rocking. Uh. You know, you

671
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,520
Speaker 1: get a little revenge in the sense that Philly won

672
00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:22,160
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, they owned the division. Well, this is

673
00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:26,160
Speaker 1: your comeback right now. You're you're probably you know, locked

674
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:29,200
Speaker 1: and loaded for the four seed. Now, if the Bears

675
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:32,080
Speaker 1: lose a couple of games down the stretch, you might

676
00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:34,440
Speaker 1: be able to get to the three seed. And that

677
00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:38,919
Speaker 1: does matter because actually being the four seed might be

678
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,319
Speaker 1: better in the NFC, because I would much rather go

679
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:43,280
Speaker 1: to l a and take my chance again the Rams

680
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:45,160
Speaker 1: than go to New Orleans and play Sean Payton and

681
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,960
Speaker 1: Drew Brees. So this is a big game for Dallas

682
00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:50,719
Speaker 1: just in the sense that you keep the mojo going.

683
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:53,320
Speaker 1: Though I would I would rather be the four seed

684
00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 1: Steelers Raiders. That's just should be a blood bath. Ten

685
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,279
Speaker 1: point ten and a half point line right now, which

686
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,360
Speaker 1: is crazy for a road team to me that you

687
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 1: could put that line about fourteen points and I still

688
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:10,000
Speaker 1: take the Steelers. I think big band juju Antonio. I

689
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,520
Speaker 1: know James Connor's out, but I think they get the

690
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:14,800
Speaker 1: train back on the tracks and just destroy the Raiders.

691
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 1: Steelers also lead the league at sacks, so I mean

692
00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:21,880
Speaker 1: that they should annihilate the two young tackles for the Raiders. Lions, Cardinals.

693
00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:27,760
Speaker 1: What just atrocious NFL football game? Why Why would anyone

694
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:31,040
Speaker 1: not living in Detroit or Arizona spend one minute watching

695
00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:33,200
Speaker 1: this game? And then obviously the night game which I

696
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:37,680
Speaker 1: talked about earlier, So you know, decent Sunday Slate. Pretty excited. Okay,

697
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:40,719
Speaker 1: let's dive into the Middlecoff mail bag. We do this

698
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:44,279
Speaker 1: every week. Go to my d M S slide up

699
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:48,120
Speaker 1: in them at John Middlecoff. First question, Hey, John, big

700
00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:51,279
Speaker 1: fan Texas and M football fan here, curious your take

701
00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:54,440
Speaker 1: on Jimbo Fisher. Do you think he will ever be

702
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:57,239
Speaker 1: able to compete with Alabama in the West or are

703
00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:01,439
Speaker 1: they simply too dominant in recruiting. Uh. For me, can

704
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:04,520
Speaker 1: they compete in the West for sure? Can they beat

705
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:08,399
Speaker 1: Saban as long as uh, as long as Nick stays

706
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:11,399
Speaker 1: at Alabama? No. But to me, Jimbo is a better

707
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:16,480
Speaker 1: coach than less Miles. He's a better coach than Gus

708
00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:20,960
Speaker 1: mels On. Uh. He's a better coach than whoever's in Arkansas.

709
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:24,040
Speaker 1: He's a better coach than both the Mississippi and Old

710
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:28,680
Speaker 1: mishalf So yes, I think, and the Ato Geron one

711
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:32,319
Speaker 1: at Oseron is probably gonna consistently have better talent. But

712
00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:35,440
Speaker 1: I think when you look at it, Jimbo is just

713
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,880
Speaker 1: a better coach. He's won a national championship in Florida

714
00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:40,520
Speaker 1: state every time I watched him. This year, for the

715
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:42,960
Speaker 1: most part, beside the Alabama game, they were really competitive,

716
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:46,200
Speaker 1: you know. Obviously the seven overtime game was crazy where

717
00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,759
Speaker 1: they beat l s U while they shouldn't have won

718
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:51,480
Speaker 1: that game. But to me, that speaks to Jimbo. Like,

719
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:55,680
Speaker 1: was Jimbo worth seventy million, but he probably was worth

720
00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:57,960
Speaker 1: over fifty, you know. And I think at the end

721
00:37:58,000 --> 00:37:59,480
Speaker 1: of the day, if he can get Texas and m

722
00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:01,799
Speaker 1: in the play ops, and that will probably have to

723
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:07,600
Speaker 1: wait until Saban's gone, but I think whenever Saban does leave,

724
00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:12,360
Speaker 1: and depending unless Alabama gets Dabbo, which you know, probably

725
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:15,279
Speaker 1: under fifty fifty at this point, I think that m

726
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:19,680
Speaker 1: A and m IS a college football power, might be strong,

727
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:22,400
Speaker 1: but they're definitely on the comma I would buy stock.

728
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:26,279
Speaker 1: Would it be worth the idea if the Jets end

729
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:28,759
Speaker 1: up in the top three to trade back within the

730
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:31,680
Speaker 1: top eight and recoup a second or a third, which

731
00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:33,640
Speaker 1: would be enough AMMO to get back in the top

732
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:37,239
Speaker 1: of the second with Nola's third. The thinking would be

733
00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:39,920
Speaker 1: grab a tackle Jonah Williams or whoever is of the

734
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,920
Speaker 1: liking and be in position to grab ni kill Harry

735
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:46,359
Speaker 1: of a issue, because Lord knows the Jets need all

736
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:49,600
Speaker 1: the help they can get. I agree. The one thing

737
00:38:49,719 --> 00:38:52,359
Speaker 1: is the Jets, from going from six to three last year,

738
00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:55,359
Speaker 1: gave up their second round pick obviously, so they don't

739
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:58,400
Speaker 1: have that much draft capital. I think the problem is

740
00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:00,600
Speaker 1: going to be the nine, as we're going to be

741
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:04,880
Speaker 1: ahead of them, the Niners, the Jets, and potentially the

742
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:08,080
Speaker 1: Raiders depending on if they keep or move car, which

743
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:11,000
Speaker 1: I think right now is fifty fifty. You can never

744
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:14,360
Speaker 1: trust John Gruden. You know he would trade anyone. Gonna

745
00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:16,680
Speaker 1: be some trades potentially at the top of the draft

746
00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:19,799
Speaker 1: with the Niners or the Jets, because both those two

747
00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:24,400
Speaker 1: teams have quarterbacks. They're desperate to enhance the talent on

748
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:28,279
Speaker 1: their roster. Uh. The Niners, in theory, if Jimmy comes

749
00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:31,279
Speaker 1: back healthy, should be much more equipped, you know, to

750
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:33,239
Speaker 1: turn it around faster. To me, the Jets are a

751
00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:36,759
Speaker 1: little more big picture, but anytime you have a quarterback

752
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:40,719
Speaker 1: on that rookie contract, you want to take advantage, so

753
00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:44,919
Speaker 1: spend money accumulate better draft picks. Yeah, I don't think

754
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:48,200
Speaker 1: that's crazy at all. My question would be who are

755
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:50,880
Speaker 1: they trade, Like, who's trading up to get who? You know?

756
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,120
Speaker 1: There aren't doesn't seem like they are that many big

757
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:55,920
Speaker 1: time quarterbacks in this draft, and that that to me

758
00:39:56,000 --> 00:40:02,080
Speaker 1: always impacts the trade market. Uh uh. Over here, we've

759
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:04,200
Speaker 1: had a lot of media hype, so this is all

760
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:06,840
Speaker 1: the way from London, a lot of media hype on

761
00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:10,000
Speaker 1: a potential London franchise. I've never bought into it because

762
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:13,040
Speaker 1: of the logistical side, making no sense to me. Would

763
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:15,840
Speaker 1: love to know what the NFL teams, coaches, scouts, players

764
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:19,080
Speaker 1: think of it behind the scenes. Surely no one wants

765
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:21,680
Speaker 1: it to happen. Well, I don't know anyone at the

766
00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:25,359
Speaker 1: league office. Uh, it's pretty clear the League office from

767
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:28,600
Speaker 1: a business standpoint is very intrigued. Like that's not even

768
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:32,239
Speaker 1: disputable at this point. My friends in the league, this

769
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:35,480
Speaker 1: never comes up because one, they don't work for the

770
00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:39,200
Speaker 1: Jaguars too. They all just work for teams that, you know,

771
00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:41,960
Speaker 1: unlike the Jaguars potentially leaving or even the Raiders that

772
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:45,600
Speaker 1: always leave, their teams are just set. I would not

773
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 1: personally want to live in London, And I'm with you. Logistically,

774
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:53,200
Speaker 1: I've been a part of like the weekly workouts during

775
00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:55,759
Speaker 1: the season, you bring guys in on Monday and Tuesday

776
00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:59,840
Speaker 1: when you have to sign players fast. Yeah, logistically it

777
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:03,240
Speaker 1: would just be pretty difficult. Now I'm a little biased

778
00:41:03,239 --> 00:41:06,120
Speaker 1: because on the West Coast it's a lot farther to

779
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:09,600
Speaker 1: Europe than it is to the East Coast or England.

780
00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:12,719
Speaker 1: So you know, I think that I've never made the flight.

781
00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:14,520
Speaker 1: I've actually never been to England. I've been to Spain

782
00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:16,839
Speaker 1: in Italy, but I never made it to the UK

783
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:19,439
Speaker 1: that I think a flight right from the East Coast

784
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:22,160
Speaker 1: is five hours, so what if you were bringing out

785
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:25,799
Speaker 1: a player from l A. It would be difficult. But

786
00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:28,480
Speaker 1: I think it's pretty clear that the options on the

787
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:31,960
Speaker 1: table because the Jacksonville Jaguars are a disaster in the

788
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:36,600
Speaker 1: sense that they're in a tiny market. Stadiums old. Uh.

789
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:39,480
Speaker 1: They don't generate much money in terms of just because

790
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:42,200
Speaker 1: they're their ceiling of what they can generate in the

791
00:41:42,239 --> 00:41:46,520
Speaker 1: tiny market is bad. Uh. And I think people have

792
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:48,880
Speaker 1: gone on the record. I've definitely heard this off the

793
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:54,480
Speaker 1: record that one of Roger Goodell's biggest Uh, I would

794
00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:57,640
Speaker 1: say regrets as commissioner. Now you might think he has

795
00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:00,960
Speaker 1: a lot, but from a business standpoint is having the

796
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:04,120
Speaker 1: jack Jaguars happened. You know, they should have been in

797
00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:06,520
Speaker 1: another city. Hell, it probably should have been in l

798
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:09,520
Speaker 1: A at the time, but I guess the NFL had

799
00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:11,640
Speaker 1: just left l A that was ninety six. But it

800
00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:15,600
Speaker 1: should it just should have been in a different market. Uh.

801
00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:18,360
Speaker 1: Would it be worth the Okay, I've already answered that question.

802
00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:21,280
Speaker 1: I probably don't want to read questions twice. It seems

803
00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:23,680
Speaker 1: to me that the Filippo's chances of becoming a head

804
00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:26,160
Speaker 1: coach next season is slim. The nut he has had

805
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:29,000
Speaker 1: a few questionable games this year. In my opinion, the

806
00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:31,440
Speaker 1: only team that will give him a realistic look is

807
00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:34,600
Speaker 1: the New York Jets, thoughts Uh. To me, it's pretty

808
00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:38,080
Speaker 1: simple that he was a guy that had been interviewing

809
00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:41,640
Speaker 1: for head coaching job for two years. He is young,

810
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:45,240
Speaker 1: he is an offensive guy. And again, I've watched their offense,

811
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:48,400
Speaker 1: and I know Belichick got him last week, but who

812
00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:52,320
Speaker 1: beats Belichick in New England late in the season. Whenever

813
00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:56,520
Speaker 1: I've watched him, I thought Kirk Cousins was overachieving. Uh.

814
00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:59,799
Speaker 1: Their offense was good in terms of passing offense, which

815
00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:01,839
Speaker 1: is all that matters. I know Zimmer's mad right now.

816
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:06,360
Speaker 1: They're not running the ball where the offensive line stinks. Uh.

817
00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:08,879
Speaker 1: And again, John d Filippo is young. This is only

818
00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:11,239
Speaker 1: the second year he's ever been an offensive coordinator in

819
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:13,839
Speaker 1: the league. Just look at the different candidates out there.

820
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:16,440
Speaker 1: I've always said I'm biased. I know him. I'm a

821
00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:21,680
Speaker 1: personal fan of Flip Uh, and I think I wouldn't

822
00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:23,799
Speaker 1: say he's a lot to be a head coach this year.

823
00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:26,880
Speaker 1: But again, he's had interviews the last two years. He

824
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:30,480
Speaker 1: is a young offensive coach. If the Vikings make the playoffs,

825
00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:33,520
Speaker 1: which is not guaranteed at this point. I just see

826
00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:37,800
Speaker 1: under no circumstances how he doesn't at minimum get several

827
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:42,560
Speaker 1: interviews like several interviews. Um, and I think Arizona would

828
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:45,520
Speaker 1: also be in place, so the Jets Arizona if they

829
00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:48,319
Speaker 1: blow it up and fire everyone. I think he'd get

830
00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:50,759
Speaker 1: an interview with the Green Bay Packers. I think he'd

831
00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:53,759
Speaker 1: get an interview with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Again, there

832
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:55,719
Speaker 1: there are only so many. It's not like there are

833
00:43:55,719 --> 00:43:59,080
Speaker 1: two coaching candidates this year. Jim harbinin coming back is

834
00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:01,920
Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy just an old, stiff and kind of outdated.

835
00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:05,680
Speaker 1: John Harbaugh can't coach quarterbacks to save his life. And hell,

836
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:07,360
Speaker 1: he might not get fired because the Ravens are going

837
00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:10,440
Speaker 1: to make the playoffs. So I I think part of

838
00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:13,120
Speaker 1: it is just he clearly has aspirations to be a

839
00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:18,759
Speaker 1: head coach. He can coach the quarterback, which matters. His

840
00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:21,440
Speaker 1: work with Carson Wentz two years ago, speaks for last

841
00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:25,440
Speaker 1: year speaks for itself, and in Nick Foles and uh again,

842
00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:27,319
Speaker 1: well let's just see the way this. I mean, these

843
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:30,440
Speaker 1: next four games for the Minnesota Vikings are big, but

844
00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:34,280
Speaker 1: I still think he is, he's a lock to get

845
00:44:34,360 --> 00:44:37,000
Speaker 1: multiple interviews, and then you know, anything could happen in

846
00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:40,880
Speaker 1: an interview situation. Would it be the worst idea? Gota,

847
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:44,160
Speaker 1: I gotta I've read that same thing twice because usually

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Speaker 1: I exit out. Okay, last question here, Hey, John, I

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Speaker 1: love the podcast, we all do. Question for the mail bag,

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Speaker 1: what do you think about the prospect of Derek Carr

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Speaker 1: going to the Giants during the draft with the history

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Speaker 1: of Gruden moving on and creating his own team true?

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Speaker 1: Is this out of the question? I say the Giants

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Speaker 1: because they are in desperate need of a quarterback. I

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Speaker 1: think that it makes the most sense. Derek has proven

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Speaker 1: during that m v P year when his offense was explosive.

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Speaker 1: That year they had Latavius Murray, Jalen Richard, DeAndre Washington. Uh,

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Speaker 1: they had Amori and Crabtree, Will Rolling and Seth Roberts

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Speaker 1: were playing well and they were explosive on offense. Derek

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Speaker 1: has shown some signs this last month of kind of

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Speaker 1: getting his juju back and his mojo back. Then if

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Speaker 1: you put him in New York now, the pressure of

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Speaker 1: New York's intense, you know, in Oakland, you fly under

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Speaker 1: the radar. I mean, you're you're not even the big

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Speaker 1: dog in your own city. So that's the Niners. But

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Speaker 1: I've seen Derek have some high highs, and I've watched

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Speaker 1: Derek since high school that I know when he has

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Speaker 1: good weapons and just a comfortable environment, he can't excel.

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Speaker 1: And you give him Odell Beckham, you give him, say

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Speaker 1: say Kwan Barkley, you give him Sterling Shepard, you give

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Speaker 1: him the height end they have. I mean, they are

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Speaker 1: just an explosive offense. I think he would be fantastic.

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Speaker 1: My only question would be just the intensity of that market,

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Speaker 1: the intensity of being the quarterback for the Ingiants. I

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Speaker 1: know Eli has been beyond shitty, but he's still at

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Speaker 1: the end of the day. The one thing that I

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Speaker 1: think every fan in New York, you know, let's just

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Speaker 1: give it, let's be easy on Eli a little bit.

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Speaker 1: The two rings. So there would be an element that Derek,

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Speaker 1: like nothing he did in Oakland means anything to anyone

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Speaker 1: in New York. All they know he's making a lot

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Speaker 1: of money, well over twenty million dollars. He's under contract.

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Speaker 1: To me, it'd just be simple like he'd have to

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Speaker 1: play well there, and I do think it would be

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Speaker 1: a situation that would be contusive conducive to success just

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Speaker 1: because of the offensive weapons they have, and assuming Pat

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Speaker 1: Schumer likes him, because they wouldn't make the trade if

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Speaker 1: he didn't. Uh, if the defense were to improve, I

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Speaker 1: don't I don't see why the Giants with good quarterback

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Speaker 1: play couldn't be relevant and competitive net next year. So

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Speaker 1: I I am probably sixty six leaning that Gruden would

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Speaker 1: be open and willing to trade Derek. The thing, if

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Speaker 1: you're the Giants, like you have a top five pick,

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Speaker 1: you're not trading that for Car. So would the Raiders

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Speaker 1: be willing to take two seconds you know, this year

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Speaker 1: and next year's second for Car. I don't know if

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Speaker 1: they'd love to do that unless they are going to

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Speaker 1: take Dwayne Haskins or something with the first overall pick.

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Speaker 1: But I would love to see Car with the Giants.

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Speaker 1: I think that would help resurrect that franchise. And they're

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Speaker 1: kind of ready made on offense to be explosive and

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Speaker 1: to be good. H Well, thanks for listening again. Enjoy

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Speaker 1: the weekend. We got the Heisman Trophy. I think Saturday

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Speaker 1: night we got a good slate of games, solid slate

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Speaker 1: of games Sunday and uh, I'll see you next week

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Speaker 1: John middle cop three and now thanks for listening everyone,

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